The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Tho...
The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Tho...
The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Thomas Cahill.
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Publisher
New York : Nan A. Talese, c1998.
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N909.04924/52
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English
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Physical content
xii, 291 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Jews Are It -- I. The Temple in the Moonlight: The Primeval Religious Experience -- II. The Journey in the Dark: The Unaccountable Innovation -- III. Egypt: From Slavery to Freedom -- IV. Sinai: From Death to Life -- V. Canaan: From Tribe to Nation -- VI. Babylon: From Many to One...
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Publisher
New York : Nan A. Talese, c1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Taking us first to Sumer in the third millennium, Cahill explores a civilization in which life is seen - as it was in all ancient societies - as part of an endless cycle of birth and death: time perceived as a wheel, spinning ceaselessly, never altering its course - until the ancient Jews dramatically change that perception. When Abraham hears the...
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The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Thomas Cahill.
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The hinges of history ; vol. 2.
Includes indexes.
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c1998.
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N909.04924/52
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ISBN
0385482485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780385482486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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909.04924
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991001244379702626
